Anderson, recently lauded for her roles in American Gods and The Fall, retweeted an opinion piece from The Washington Post that was highly critical of the show for not hiring a single female writer this series.

To add insult to injury, Gillian added that only 2 of the show's 207 episodes have been directed by women, which actually sums the issue of sexism and misogyny in Hollywood up quite succinctly.

Indeed, the fact that all of the announced writers are X-Files alumni also suggests this isn't exactly the first time a gender disparity in the writing team has occurred – seasons 6, 8 and 9 of the show appear to have no credited female writers.

Anderson directed and wrote season 7 episode 'all things', while Michelle MacLaren made her major network TV directorial debut on season 9's 'John Doe', written by her Breaking Bad colleague Vince Gilligan.

The writers currently on board for The X-Files season 11 include Darin Morgan, Glen Morgan and James Wong, who each wrote an episode last season. Newcomers Brad Follmer, Gabe Rotter and Benjamin Van Allen, who have all been assistants, also join the writing team this time around.

Anderson's also had plenty to say about the gender pay gap too – because although they received equal pay for The X-Files revival last year, Anderson told The Hollywood Reporter that she was initially offered half of co-star David Duchovny's fee.

Speaking about the controversy last year, Gillian said it was "shocking" – but following recent revelations from Rose Byrne and House of Cards star Robin Wright about the gender pay gap, we're not so sure it was.

"Especially in this climate of women talking about the reality of [unequal pay] in this business, I think it's important that it gets heard and voiced," Anderson told The Daily Beast.

"It was shocking to me, given all the work that I had done in the past to get us to be paid fairly."

And Duchovny added: "You can ask Gillian. She knows that I have always wanted us to be paid the same, for as long as I've known there was a discrepancy."